Radio NZ News 26 October 2018 Family First Comment: “Family First expressed disappointment in the review and said most of the submissions made to the Law Commission were not in favour of abortion. The Law Commission did admit this in the report, but added a significant number of the submissions not in favour of abortion were…
Media Release 28 October 2018 Family First NZ says that the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will have to reject all three options put forward by the Law Commission on abortion laws if she is to keep her pre-election promise. At the Newstalk ZB’s Leaders Breakfast just before the election, Jacinda Ardern said: “Yes I think…
Media Release 27 October 2018 Family First NZ is shocked to hear that the Minister of Justice Andrew Little has not moved to strongly denounce sex selection abortions – a practice which involves sex discrimination primarily against girls. In comments on Newshub Nation this morning, he said in response to concerns about the options put…
Media Release 26 October 2018 Family First NZ says that the Law Commission has ignored the weight of submissions which supported retaining abortion in the Crimes Act and giving legal rights to the unborn child, and is also recommending the removal of time limits for abortion. “The Law Commission received almost 3,500 submissions regarding the…
NewsHub 24 October 2018 Family First Comment: A beautiful yet sad story. “Ms Gilkison made the brave decision to continue the pregnancy and enjoy her time with her son, even travelling to Tonga at 35 weeks to swim with whales and their calves. “I began thinking I’d like to have a bit of time with my…
Media Release 14 October 2018 Family First NZ says that information received from the Law Commission under the Official Information Act reveals that the Law Commission received almost 3,500 submissions regarding the abortion law review, and of those submissions, just 18% – less than one in five – supported removing abortion from the Crimes Act….
Waatea News 5 September 2018 National MP Jo Hayes doesn’t want to see abortion taken out of the Crimes Act. Justice Minister Andrew Little has asked the Law Commission to give advice on possible changes to the laws around abortion that have been in place for 40 years. He has promised a conscience vote…
Adoption was never offered as an alternative to my abortion Stuff co.nz 6 September 2018 Family First Comment: “Twenty years later I saw a poster in a doctor’s office of the different stages of gestation. It was then that I realised I had been lied to. My baby would have had fingers, toes and a…